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Selected to Akin’s inaugural 16-week Returnship program in Client Value & Practice Management Analytics to monitor the legal industry and global markets and provide critical thought leadership intelligence to enhance managing partners' and practice group leaders' financial and strategic decision-making. -- conducted comprehensive news and data analyzes to identify emerging trends, risks, legal sector demand and strategic growth opportunities;-- provided critical thinking, distilled complex matters and data into concise, insightful and essential

Drove client growth and profitability, developed business strategies and strengthened financial management for the award-winning non-profit consulting firm's under-served small businesses, entrepreneurs and municipality clients. -- assessed clients and identified business shortfalls, established actionable and accountable goals and deliverables; provided competitive intelligence, strategic analyzes and custom financial management tools;-- consulted in JPMC Small Business Curated Coaching on topic-specific, 45-minute client sessions resulting in increased client subject-matter expertise.

Grew advisory firm's strategic client business and acquisition initiatives by creating demand for its specialized knowledge and industry expertise, originating highly-valued financial and strategic research, healthcare sector developments and emerging trend analyzes.-- developed tailored studies of acquisition candidates, strategic acquirers and medical device product lines for clients' growth or consolidation objectives, resulting in successfully completed M&A transactions. -- authored quarterly Strategic Healthcare M&A Report, evaluated deals and presented trading analytics;-- conducted client financial reviews, due diligence and maintained proprietary Access/SQL database.

Piloted self-directed, independent research study to evaluate the long-term viability and investment value of Shared Appreciation Mortgages (SAMs) for Business Real Estate Financing - Strategic Initiatives.-- presented research and recommendations on product's market potential, risks and long-term viability to advise and substantiate their product launch determination and planning strategy.

Empowered executive management financial and strategic decision-making for Vice Chairman of National Consumer Services. Consulted directly with business leadership to assess, design and oversee the execution of internal consulting projects for new business initiates to ensure their successful goal attainment.-- developed corporate and business strategic analyzes and financial valuations; cultivated industry and competitive research and market intelligence; enhanced KPI metrics and competitive benchmarking.-- evaluated new business initiatives; developed financial and strategic project assessments and competitive research; created program strategic re-designs and innovations and oversaw initiative implementations.

Developed and executed financial and strategic projects and specialized research studies for Bank CFO and Executive Committee, oversaw Bank financial management and annual financial and strategic planning-- launched first Bank-wide business intelligence (BI) and performance management platform, advancing product and business profitability assessment, tracking and reporting, and leadership decision-making effectiveness. -- evaluated Middle Market and Real Estate loan workout procedures for $1.5B portfolio, recommendations for organizational, structural and workflow changes achieved $1.3MM in annual expense reductions.

Developed primary research and investment analyst reports on emerging industry sector and select companies for Telecommunications Equity Analyst-- marketed by institutional and retail sales for client investment strategies and new business development.